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D. Ramanaidu

March 21, 2023

In this Telugu name, the person is referred to by his given name, Ramanaidu, and not by his surname, Daggubati.

Daggubati Ramanaidu (6 June 1936 – 18 February 2015) was an Indian film producer known for his work in Telugu cinema. He founded Suresh Productions in 1964 which became of one of the largest film production companies in India.[1][2] He was placed in the Guinness Book of World Records for the most films produced by an individual, with more than 150 films in 13 Indian languages.[3] He also served as a Member of Parliament for the Bapatla constituency in Andhra Pradesh in the 13th Lok Sabha from 1999 to 2004.

D. Ramanaidu
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1999–2004
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byN. Janardhana Reddy
Succeeded byDaggubati Purandeswari
ConstituencyBapatla
Personal details
Born
Daggubati Ramanaidu

(1936-06-06)6 June 1936
Karamchedu, Madras Presidency, British India
(now in Andhra Pradesh, India)
Died18 February 2015(2015-02-18) (aged 78)
Hyderabad, Telangana India
Political partyTelugu Desam Party
RelationsSee Daggubati–Akkineni family
Children3 including D. Suresh Babu, Venkatesh
OccupationFilm producer
Awards

In 2012, Ramanaidu was conferred with the third-highest civilian award of India, the Padma Bhushan, in recognition for his contribution to Indian cinema.[4] In 2009, he was conferred with the Dada Saheb Phalke Award, the highest award for films in Indian cinema. He has also received the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award, and the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South for his work in Telugu cinema. Ramanaidu contributed a substantial part of his earnings to numerous philanthropic purposes under the "Ramanaidu Charitable Trust" that was founded in 1991.[5]

Early life

Daggubati Ramanaidu was born on 6 June 1936[6] into an agricultural family in Karamchedu, a village in Prakasam district in the present day Andhra Pradesh.[7] He completed his schooling in the village and had his college education in Chirala and later graduated out of the Presidency College, Chennai.[8]

He started his career as a rice-mill owner and later got into the transport business.[9] During this time, his father joined with a relative and co-produced the Telugu film Nammina Bantu (1958), starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Savitri. He performed the dupe of Nageswara Rao in the film. Nageswara Rao advised him to go to Madras (now Chennai) and work with film-makers.[8] He closed down his rice mill as he was not happy with it, and moved to Madras in 1962. He intended to start a brick business, but later switched to real estate. His frequent visits to the "Andhra Club" got him acquainted with the Telugu film fraternities.[7]

Film career

In 1963, Ramanaidu partnered with his friends Tagirisa Hanumantha Rao, Yarlagadda Lakshmaiah Chowdary and co-produced the commercially unsuccessful Anuragam (1963). Following that, he established his own production house Suresh Productions, and produced Ramudu Bheemudu (1964).[7] Until the early 1970s, he kept to Telugu cinema and made films such as Pratigna Palana (1965), Sri Krishna Tulabharam (1966), Shree Janma (1967), Paapa Kosam (1968) and Sepoy Chinnaiah (1969). Ramudu Bheemudu remained his only box office success during this period.[8] While in Madras, he partnered with B. Nagi Reddy's sons and formed a company called "Vijaya Suresh Combines" and made some films under that house.[7]

In 1971, he produced Prem Nagar, starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Vanisri. The film went on to become a "blockbuster" and its success prompted Tamil and Hindi remakes entitled Vasantha Maligai (1972) and Prem Nagar (1974), respectively. Both versions were produced by him and became equally successful.[8] Namma Kuzhaindagal, Tirumangalyam, Madhurageetham, Kuzhaindaikaga and Deiva Piravi are some of his Tamil productions that were made during the 1970s.[7]

As all the studios were based in Madras at that date, he started "Ramanaidu Studios" in Hyderabad with the help of the state government in 1983.[10][11] While frequently making films in Telugu and Tamil, he branched out into the Kannada, Hindi, Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali, Oriya film, Gujarati, Bhojpuri, Assamese and Punjabi industries.[12] His Hindi films include Dildaar, Tohfa, Anari, Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain and Aaghaaz.[7]

As of 2015, he had made more than 130 films in 13 Indian languages. The feat earned him a place in the Guinness Book of World Records in 2008.[13] Ramanaidu also acted in a few films, mostly his own productions. He played a full-length role for the first time in the 2007 Telugu film Hope. The film, which dealt with teenage suicides arising out of educational stress among students, won the award for Best Film on Other Social Issues at the 54th National Film Awards.[14]

Family and personal life

Main article: Akkineni–Daggubati family

Ramanaidu got married in 1958 and had three children, two sons and a daughter. His elder son D. Suresh Babu is a producer and his younger son Venkatesh is an actor in Telugu cinema.[10] He had eight grandchildren, two of whom – Rana and Naga Chaitanya – are actors in Telugu cinema.[7]

Ramanaidu was a member of the Telugu Desam Party and represented Baptala constituency of Guntur district in the 13th Lok Sabha from 1999 to 2004. He lost the 2004 election for the same seat in the 14th Lok Sabha.[15][16]

Awards and honors

 
President Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Bhushan Award to Ramanaidu, at an Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on 5 April 2013

Civilian Honors

National Film Awards

Nandi Awards

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards

Filmfare Awards South

Other Honors

Death

In January 2014, it was reported that Ramanaidu had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. He died on 18 February 2015, at the age of 78, in Hyderabad, Telangana.[22][23] Many Tollywood stars like Nandamuri Balakrishna, Nagarjuna, Ravi Teja, K. Raghavendra Rao, Pawan Kalyan, Ram Charan Allu Arjun and N. T. Rama Rao Jr. paid their last respects to Rama Naidu.[24]

Partial filmography

Telugu

Hindi

Tamil

Malayalam

Kannada

Bengali

Punjabi

Marathi

References

  1. ^ "Cinema exhibitors say future looks bleak with multiplex entry". Business Line. 3 December 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Telugu film industry to set up monitoring cells to curb piracy". Business Line. 29 September 2004. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  3. ^ Chakravarthy, Venkatesh (4 March 2015). "Dream merchant". Frontline. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Veteran southern producer D. Rama Naidu gets Padma Bhushan". Zee News. 26 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Of course, I am happy with the award. And I am equally happy that I am still doing films". The Times of India. 26 January 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  6. ^ . Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g Rajamani, Radhika (18 February 2015). "D Ramanaidu: From rice grower to number one filmmaker". Rediff.com. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  8. ^ a b c d "Ramanaidu's epic journey". The Hans India. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  9. ^ "Dadasaheb Phalke Awardee Dr Ramanaidu Passes Away". The New Indian Express. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  10. ^ a b c . Directorate of Film Festivals. pp. 62–63. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  11. ^ a b Reddy, R. Ravikanth (18 February 2015). "Legendary filmmaker Ramanaidu is no more". The Hindu. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  12. ^ "'D Ramanaidu: From rice grower to number one filmmaker'".
  13. ^ Burman, Jivraj (4 January 2008). "D Rama Naidu enters Guinness book". The Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  14. ^ "'We would have won more national awards'". The Hindu. 15 June 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  15. ^ . The Hindu. 21 March 2009. Archived from the original on 24 March 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  16. ^ . The Hindu. 13 April 2009. Archived from the original on 17 April 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  17. ^ a b c Rao, Sushil (19 February 2015). "Ramanaidu was a filmmaker like no other". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  18. ^ "NTR award for Waheeda Rehman". The Hindu. 1 April 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  19. ^ a b Anandan, Film News (2004). Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru (Tamil film history and its achievements) (in Tamil). Sivagami Publications. p. 7−19.
  20. ^ "Lifetime Achievement Award (South) winners down the years..." Filmfare. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  21. ^ "D. Ramanaidu: Multilingual film producer dies in Hyderabad". India Today. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  22. ^ "D Ramanaidu, Dadasaheb Phalke award winner, passes away". The Indian Express. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  23. ^ H Hooli, Shekhar (18 February 2015). "Telugu Producer D Rama Naidu Passes Away: Movie Mogul's Death Shocks Tollywood Celebs". International Business Times. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  24. ^ "Daggubati Venkatesh, Nagarjuna, Chiranjeevi, Ravi Teja pay their last respect to late movie mogul D Ramanaidu". Bollywood Life. 19 February 2015.
  25. ^ "D Ramanaidu: From rice grower to number one filmmaker". Rediff.

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In this Telugu name the person is referred to by his given name Ramanaidu and not by his surname Daggubati Daggubati Ramanaidu 6 June 1936 18 February 2015 was an Indian film producer known for his work in Telugu cinema He founded Suresh Productions in 1964 which became of one of the largest film production companies in India 1 2 He was placed in the Guinness Book of World Records for the most films produced by an individual with more than 150 films in 13 Indian languages 3 He also served as a Member of Parliament for the Bapatla constituency in Andhra Pradesh in the 13th Lok Sabha from 1999 to 2004 D RamanaiduMember of Parliament Lok SabhaIn office 1999 2004Prime MinisterAtal Bihari VajpayeePreceded byN Janardhana ReddySucceeded byDaggubati PurandeswariConstituencyBapatlaPersonal detailsBornDaggubati Ramanaidu 1936 06 06 6 June 1936Karamchedu Madras Presidency British India now in Andhra Pradesh India Died18 February 2015 2015 02 18 aged 78 Hyderabad Telangana IndiaPolitical partyTelugu Desam PartyRelationsSee Daggubati Akkineni familyChildren3 including D Suresh Babu VenkateshOccupationFilm producerAwardsPadma Bhushan 2012 Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2009 In 2012 Ramanaidu was conferred with the third highest civilian award of India the Padma Bhushan in recognition for his contribution to Indian cinema 4 In 2009 he was conferred with the Dada Saheb Phalke Award the highest award for films in Indian cinema He has also received the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award and the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award South for his work in Telugu cinema Ramanaidu contributed a substantial part of his earnings to numerous philanthropic purposes under the Ramanaidu Charitable Trust that was founded in 1991 5 Contents 1 Early life 2 Film career 3 Family and personal life 4 Awards and honors 5 Death 6 Partial filmography 6 1 Telugu 6 2 Hindi 6 3 Tamil 6 4 Malayalam 6 5 Kannada 6 6 Bengali 6 7 Punjabi 6 8 Marathi 7 References 8 External linksEarly life EditDaggubati Ramanaidu was born on 6 June 1936 6 into an agricultural family in Karamchedu a village in Prakasam district in the present day Andhra Pradesh 7 He completed his schooling in the village and had his college education in Chirala and later graduated out of the Presidency College Chennai 8 He started his career as a rice mill owner and later got into the transport business 9 During this time his father joined with a relative and co produced the Telugu film Nammina Bantu 1958 starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Savitri He performed the dupe of Nageswara Rao in the film Nageswara Rao advised him to go to Madras now Chennai and work with film makers 8 He closed down his rice mill as he was not happy with it and moved to Madras in 1962 He intended to start a brick business but later switched to real estate His frequent visits to the Andhra Club got him acquainted with the Telugu film fraternities 7 Film career EditIn 1963 Ramanaidu partnered with his friends Tagirisa Hanumantha Rao Yarlagadda Lakshmaiah Chowdary and co produced the commercially unsuccessful Anuragam 1963 Following that he established his own production house Suresh Productions and produced Ramudu Bheemudu 1964 7 Until the early 1970s he kept to Telugu cinema and made films such as Pratigna Palana 1965 Sri Krishna Tulabharam 1966 Shree Janma 1967 Paapa Kosam 1968 and Sepoy Chinnaiah 1969 Ramudu Bheemudu remained his only box office success during this period 8 While in Madras he partnered with B Nagi Reddy s sons and formed a company called Vijaya Suresh Combines and made some films under that house 7 In 1971 he produced Prem Nagar starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Vanisri The film went on to become a blockbuster and its success prompted Tamil and Hindi remakes entitled Vasantha Maligai 1972 and Prem Nagar 1974 respectively Both versions were produced by him and became equally successful 8 Namma Kuzhaindagal Tirumangalyam Madhurageetham Kuzhaindaikaga and Deiva Piravi are some of his Tamil productions that were made during the 1970s 7 As all the studios were based in Madras at that date he started Ramanaidu Studios in Hyderabad with the help of the state government in 1983 10 11 While frequently making films in Telugu and Tamil he branched out into the Kannada Hindi Malayalam Marathi Bengali Oriya film Gujarati Bhojpuri Assamese and Punjabi industries 12 His Hindi films include Dildaar Tohfa Anari Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain and Aaghaaz 7 As of 2015 he had made more than 130 films in 13 Indian languages The feat earned him a place in the Guinness Book of World Records in 2008 13 Ramanaidu also acted in a few films mostly his own productions He played a full length role for the first time in the 2007 Telugu film Hope The film which dealt with teenage suicides arising out of educational stress among students won the award for Best Film on Other Social Issues at the 54th National Film Awards 14 Family and personal life EditMain article Akkineni Daggubati family Ramanaidu got married in 1958 and had three children two sons and a daughter His elder son D Suresh Babu is a producer and his younger son Venkatesh is an actor in Telugu cinema 10 He had eight grandchildren two of whom Rana and Naga Chaitanya are actors in Telugu cinema 7 Ramanaidu was a member of the Telugu Desam Party and represented Baptala constituency of Guntur district in the 13th Lok Sabha from 1999 to 2004 He lost the 2004 election for the same seat in the 14th Lok Sabha 15 16 Awards and honors Edit President Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Bhushan Award to Ramanaidu at an Investiture Ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on 5 April 2013 Civilian Honors Padma Bhushan 2012National Film Awards National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali Asukh 1999 10 National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues Hope 2006 Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2009 11 Nandi Awards Nandi Award for Best Feature Film Andhra Vaibhavam citation needed Nandi Award for Best Feature Film Preminchu 2001 17 Raghupathi Venkaiah Award 2006 18 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film Third prize Namma Kuzhanthaigal 1970 19 Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film Second prize Madhurageetham 1977 19 Filmfare Awards South Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Film Jeevana Tarangalu 1973 17 Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Film Soggadu 1976 17 Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award South 2000 20 Other Honors Honorary doctorate from Sri Venkateswara University Tirupati 21 Death EditIn January 2014 it was reported that Ramanaidu had been diagnosed with prostate cancer He died on 18 February 2015 at the age of 78 in Hyderabad Telangana 22 23 Many Tollywood stars like Nandamuri Balakrishna Nagarjuna Ravi Teja K Raghavendra Rao Pawan Kalyan Ram Charan Allu Arjun and N T Rama Rao Jr paid their last respects to Rama Naidu 24 Partial filmography EditTelugu Edit Ramudu Bheemudu Prem Nagar Jeevana Tarangalu Chakravakam Soggadu Agni Poolu Devata Mundadugu Sangharshana Kathanayakudu Kaliyuga Pandavulu Ramu Aha Naa Pellanta Chinababu Brahma Puthrudu Prema Indrudu Chandrudu Bobbili Raja Coolie No 1 Super Police Dharma Chakram Oho Naa Pellanta Preminchukundam Raa Ganesh Preyasi Rave Kalisundam Raa Jayam Manadera Preminchu Nee Premakai Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu Hari Villu Vijayam Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu Malliswari Soggadu Nireekshana Sri Krishna 2006 Madhumasam Tulasi Kousalya Supraja Rama Baladoor Bendu Apparao R M P Aalasyam Amrutam Mugguru Masala Nenem Chinna Pillana Bhimavaram Bullodu Drushyam Gopala Gopala Hindi Edit Dil Aur Deewar 1978 Prem Nagar 1974 Tohfa 1984 Dilwaala 1986 Anari 1993 Santaan 1993 Taqdeerwala 1995 Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain 1999 Aaghaaz 2000 Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum Kahein 2002 Tamil Edit Kuzhanthaikkaga 1968 Namma Kuzhandaigal 1970 Vasantha Maligai 1972 Madhurageetham 1977 Thanikattu Raja 1982 Deivapiravi 1985 Michael Raj 1987 Kai Naattu 1988 Malayalam Edit Ashwaroodan 2006 Kannada Edit Jeevana Taranga 1968 Thavarumane Udugore 1991 Mangalya 1991 Maduve Aagona Baa 2001 Bengali Edit Asukh 1999 Punjabi Edit Singh vs Kaur 2013 Marathi Edit Mazi Aai 25 References Edit Cinema exhibitors say future looks bleak with multiplex entry Business Line 3 December 2010 Retrieved 27 July 2012 Telugu film industry to set up monitoring cells to curb piracy Business Line 29 September 2004 Retrieved 27 July 2012 Chakravarthy Venkatesh 4 March 2015 Dream merchant Frontline Retrieved 8 August 2022 Veteran southern producer D Rama Naidu gets Padma Bhushan Zee News 26 January 2013 Of course I am happy with the award And I am equally happy that I am still doing films The Times of India 26 January 2013 Retrieved 26 January 2013 Veteran Producer No More Archived from the original on 18 February 2015 Retrieved February 18 2015 a b c d e f g Rajamani Radhika 18 February 2015 D Ramanaidu From rice grower to number one filmmaker Rediff com Retrieved 19 February 2015 a b c d Ramanaidu s epic journey The Hans India 19 February 2015 Retrieved 19 February 2015 Dadasaheb Phalke Awardee Dr Ramanaidu Passes Away The New Indian Express 19 February 2015 Retrieved 19 February 2015 a b c 46th National Film Festival Directorate of Film Festivals pp 62 63 Archived from the original on 3 December 2013 Retrieved 19 February 2015 a b Reddy R Ravikanth 18 February 2015 Legendary filmmaker Ramanaidu is no more The Hindu Retrieved 19 February 2015 D Ramanaidu From rice grower to number one filmmaker Burman Jivraj 4 January 2008 D Rama Naidu enters Guinness book The Hindustan Times Archived from the original on 19 February 2015 Retrieved 19 February 2015 We would have won more national awards The Hindu 15 June 2008 Retrieved 19 February 2015 Keen contest on the cards in Bapatla The Hindu 21 March 2009 Archived from the original on 24 March 2009 Retrieved 23 January 2010 Ramanaidu denies joining Congress The Hindu 13 April 2009 Archived from the original on 17 April 2009 Retrieved 23 January 2010 a b c Rao Sushil 19 February 2015 Ramanaidu was a filmmaker like no other The Times of India Retrieved 20 February 2015 NTR award for Waheeda Rehman The Hindu 1 April 2008 Retrieved 19 February 2015 a b Anandan Film News 2004 Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru Tamil film history and its achievements in Tamil Sivagami Publications p 7 19 Lifetime Achievement Award South winners down the years Filmfare 10 July 2014 Retrieved 20 February 2015 D Ramanaidu Multilingual film producer dies in Hyderabad India Today 18 February 2015 Retrieved 19 February 2015 D Ramanaidu Dadasaheb Phalke award winner passes away The Indian Express 18 February 2015 Retrieved 18 February 2015 H Hooli Shekhar 18 February 2015 Telugu Producer D Rama Naidu Passes Away Movie Mogul s Death Shocks Tollywood Celebs International Business Times Retrieved 18 February 2015 Daggubati Venkatesh Nagarjuna Chiranjeevi Ravi Teja pay their last respect to late movie mogul D Ramanaidu Bollywood Life 19 February 2015 D Ramanaidu From rice grower to number one filmmaker Rediff External links Edit 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